Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-20
nASuNSIN SESSION.

The Annual Meeting of Connecticut l Grand Lodge of Freemasons Grand l Master Green,s EsepOrG-Interesting g l statistics.
 | The annual session of the Connecticut | Grand lodge of Masons was begun at Ma | sonic Temple yesterday morning. Represen- l tatives were present from all the subordinate | lodges throughout the State to the number
 of about three hundred. The annual ad- | dress was delivered by Grand Master H. f. l Green of Danielsonville, who ably reviewed | the work of the order the past year in the State.
 A proposed amendment referring to rep resentation in the Grand lodge is as fol- | lows:
 The Grand lodge of the State of Connecticut shall consist of grand master, deputy grand mas | grand treasure grand secretary, grand senior senior masters, grand senior steward grand junior stew | ard grand marshal, grand chaplain. grand tyler and all other appointed officers and sta ding com mittees of the Grand lodg. during such appoint ment. These. with the masters nd wardens of the
 several subordinate lodges in tnls State, shall be the only members and voters therein. In Grand Master Greens annual report he 1 treated at considerable length the evil o. in- temperance, and counselled Masons to op- pose it.
 Grand Secretary J. K. Wheeler in his re- port says the returns show marked increase | of limitations over any preceding year for several years past and q generally healthy | condition of the lodges. But very few report | no work, and the increase with several lodges | is conspicuous, especially in some of the cities. The following is 8 recapitulation of
 the returns: Initiated, 50l; admitted, 79; reinstated, 33; demitted 101; struck from l the roll for payment of dues, 150; sus- | lod fapr Mas not Q. led l for un Masonic conduct, 6; died, 174; appli
 cations rejected, 119; whole number of | affiliated Master Masons, 15 ,029; whole num-
 Der exempted from Grand lodge dues, 2,311
 amount of dues collected, 2,538.S0;> amour, paid grand treasurer, $2, 53S 80. l The report of Grand Treasurer John G. l Root shows a balance of $2, ,291. .46 on hand | The balance on hand January 20, 1886, was $1,9l1.73.
 MT. N. G. Hinckley, chairman of the board
 of trustees of the Masonic charity foundation
 fund, reported the sum of 9,078. S9 in the | possession of the trustees. | The trustees of the fund are Messrs N G
 Hinckley of Hartford, Edmund Tweedy of
 Danbury and w. R. Higby of New Ha. | ven.
 Committees as follows were appointed:
 Committee address Of grand master-E B
 James McCormick of Win sor
 z J.riSprudeneemdS A. LockwSod 2- of Greenwich Baker, jr., of Hartfor William G. Witbey. l Charters Dwight Waugh. John H. Lee, Charles E. Moo;s, H. S. Abel Edwin S. Cooley. | Delinquencies-A. c. Lippit of New London, Joh r. Seamins of Killingly, W. J. Dorrance George E. | Jones, J. B Cunningham.
 l FInance-B. ". Naples of Norwslk, O. H. Curtis, I E.. c. Buck
 | Appropriations-W. ". Lee of Meriden.
 Special committee Edmund Tweedy, Fred H | Waldron, James Mccormick.
 The lodge adjourned at half-past one and | reconvened at three o'clock Officers will be
 elected today. The meeting is a very large one, over three hundred members being pres. | ent. Sessions of the Grand lodge are held at | New Haven and Hartford in alternate years.
 A secret session was held during the after noon and evening.